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BICS continues to invest in Africa with launch of new point-of-presence in Kenya

Thursday, 10 November, 2016

Operators and customers to benefit from outstanding voice and data services in the region

Brussels, Belgium, 10th November 2016 – BICS, a global wholesale carrier for voice, mobile data and capacity services, has today announced the establishment of a new point-of-presence (PoP) in Nairobi, Kenya, thereby extending the company’s reach in the African region. BICS recognises the uptick in demand and the potential for future growth of connectivity and telecoms infrastructure in Africa. In 2014, BICS deployed a PoP in Johannesburg, which complemented the company’s existing PoPs in Djibouti and Mauritius. The subsequent expansion into Kenya both underscores the company’s dedication to service provision in the region and also completes BICS’ comprehensive and mature infrastructure backbone on the continent.

BICS and Eutelsat team up to deliver satellite-based business continuity solutions for operators in Africa

Wednesday, 2 November, 2016

BICS, a global wholesale carrier for voice, mobile data and capacity services, today announced the launch of its on-demand connectivity solution for African telecom operators, in partnership with Eutelsat, a world-leading satellite operator. Using BICS’ RouteFlex, the joint solution allows mobile operators and service providers to raise the bar of network availability and manage surges in bandwidth needs in challenging environments.

Brussels – Belgium, 20th October 2016 – BICS, a global wholesale carrier for voice, mobile data and capacity services, today announced the launch of its Voice Roaming Firewall solution, which automatically blocks incidents of voice fraud in roaming for its customers.

The telecoms sector is behind the curve when it comes to managing and combatting fraud in roaming, such as IRSF (International Revenue Share Fraud). This is due in part to the inherent nature of roaming, which introduces delays in fraud detection ranging anywhere between a few hours and a few days. As a result, roaming has emerged as the biggest exploit within the industry, contributing significantly to the total 38.1 billion USD worth of fraud losses estimated by the Communications Fraud Control Association (CFCA).

BICS, a global wholesale carrier for voice, mobile data and capacity services, today announced its global crowdsourcing-based fraud prevention platform, FraudGuard, has been deployed by Switzerland’s leading telecoms company, Swisscom. FraudGuard will help Swisscom secure its revenue streams and prevent fraud on its network.

BICS, recognised in the wholesale communications market as a top global voice carrier and the leading provider of mobile data services, today reported data roaming traffic is tripling year-on-year across its global network. Driven by LTE roaming, the industry has been witness to huge data roaming adoption rates over the past two years with subscribers eager to access high quality, next-generation services abroad. The explosion in roaming is primarily due to the availability of data and mobile broadband services now offered across all regions. With mobile operators making use of business intelligence and analytics to offer personalised roaming experiences, subscribers are encouraged to avoid roaming silently and are using more data roaming than ever before.

Mobile operators faced over 10 million fraudulent call attempts during the first quarter of 2016

Thursday, 26 May, 2016

BICS, a global wholesale carrier for voice, mobile data and capacity services, today announced its crowdsourcing fraud prevention platform, FraudGuard, detected and blocked more than 10 million fraudulent call attempts on its customers’ networks during the first three months of 2016. FraudGuard enables wireless operators to proactively protect against fraud on their network. By crowdsourcing details of suspicious network activity across BICS’ global customer base, the platform is able to identify and block activity to known fraud destinations. Its comprehensive fraud database now contains over 400,000 numbers around the world associated with criminal activity.

BICS enables next generation data roaming with over 325 mobile operators across the globe

Thursday, 21 January, 2016

LTE roaming is now available in 126 countries worldwide

BICS, a global leader in wholesale carrier services, today announced a 70% increase in the number of countries adopting LTE roaming in the last year, with availability now in 126 countries worldwide. Through the BICS IPX (IP exchange) platform, its operator customers can now offer their subscribers high quality data roaming with over 325 operators around the world.

During 2015, LTE roaming has been launched in countries such as the USA, Italy, Morocco, Iceland and the Seychelles. Carriers launching these next generation services enable their customers, and inbound visitors roaming onto their networks, access to the highest quality data services through either direct connections or peering agreements.